Thousand Guineas 2023

Ladbrokes Tip: The Thousand Guineas Prelude is the key Thousand Guineas lead-up.

The Thousand Guineas is a mile feature now held at Caulfield Racecourse in November at the tail-end of the Melbourne Spring Racing Carnival for three-year-old fillies offering a lucrative $1.5 million in prize money.

2022 Thousand Guineas winner Madame Pommery. Photo: Ultimate Racing Photos.

It has been held on various dates over the years and was moved from October to November ahead of the 2023 edition to run on the same card as the Group 1 $1 million Sir Rupert Clarke Stakes (1400m).

The other Group races on the program are the Group 3 Blue Sapphire Stakes (1400m), Group 3 Thoroughbred Club Stakes (1200m), and the Group 3 How Now Stakes (1200m).

The 1600m set weights features was first run in 1946 and from 1988 – 2013 also took place on a Wednesday during the Spring Carnival. It has held elite level status since 1979 and notable Thousand Guineas winners include Wenona Girl (1960), Alinghi (2004), Miss Finland (2006) and Atlantic Jewel (2011).

The better fillies out of the Thousand Guineas may continue on to take on the older mares in Flemington’s Group 1 Empire Rose Stakes (1600m), a race the 2020 Thousand Guineas winner Odeum ran second in.

This season the 2023 Thousand Guineas ran on Saturday November 18, 2023 having been moved to November joining the Sir Rupert Clarke Stakes Day card and was won by the Chris Waller-trained Joliestar ($4.60). 

2023 Thousand Guineas Odds

2023 Thousand Guineas Results

The official Thousand Guineas 2023 Results & Finishing Order will be provided below once the race is run and won on Saturday November 18, 2023 .

2023 Thousand Guineas winner Joliestar. Photo: Ultimate Racing Photos.

• 1st: #6 Joliestar
• 2nd: #1 Kimochi
• 3rd: #3 Skybird

Chris Waller’s progressive Zoustar filly Joliestar ($4.60) was given a peach of a ride by James McDonald to hit the front 150m out and charge home for a stylish 1.5 length victory in the 2023 Thousand Guineas results.

Thousand Guineas Race Info

• Date: Saturday November 18, 2023
• Track: Caulfield Racecourse
• Distance: 1600m
• Conditions: 3YO Fillies – Set Weights
• Status: Group 1
• Prize Money: $1.5 million
• First Run: 1946

Thousand Guineas Betting

Thousand Guineas betting is hugely popular each Melbourne Spring Racing Carnival and is dominated by in-form fillies coming via the traditional lead-up runs into the Group 1.

The Thousand Guineas Prelude top three place-getters always feature highly up the Thousand Guineas betting markets, as do those fillies drawn near the inside with just one Thousand Guineas winner having jumped from wider than barrier nine since 2004.

Favourites high up the Thousand Guineas odds have an excellent recent record in the mile feature too with five saluting for the punters from 2008 – 2016.

The favourites were back on top in the 2019 Thousand Guineas results with Flit ($2.35) saluting as the top elect, the last favourite to win.

There was a notable upset in 2021 however with Yearning winning at a $26 Thousand Guineas starting price, while Madame Pommery won at $9.50 in 2022.

Thousand Guineas Tips

Top Thousand Guineas tips include looking for any fillies that may have recently been running against the colts and geldings that are coming back against their own kind, backing the proven milers in the race that may have contested Sydney’s Group 1 Flight Stakes (1600m) and those drawn in barriers 1 – 9.

Madame Pommery (6th in 2022) was the last Flight Stakes runner to head south and win the Thousand Guineas.

2023 Thousand Guineas Tips

Our Ladbrokes’ insider Thousand Guineas 2023 betting tips and Caulfield racing selections will be detailed below the week of the race so bookmark this page for the fillies to back and sack in the Group 1 this spring.

• To Win: TBD

Thousand Guineas Form Guide

The Thousand Guineas form guide features all the info punters need to place a well-informed wager on the mile showdown including the saddlecloth number, barrier, trainer and jockey of all the fillies in the field.

Looking for a runner drawn between barriers 4 – 6 is a good tip as these gates have produced the most winners in recent years, while just two winners have jumped from double digits in the past decade with Serious Speed (10 in 2007) and Amphitrite (15 in 2018).

Since 2008 six last start winners have gone on to win the Thousand Guineas including Guelph (2013) who took out the Flight Stakes – Thousand Guineas double, subsequently completed by Global Glamour (2016). Before her the last Thousand Guineas champ to come via the other Group 1 was Yosei (2010) who ran sixth in the Flight Stakes before winning the Thousand Guineas as a 10/1 chance.

Thousand Guineas Form Facts

• Serious Speed (2007) was the last winner to jump from a double-digit Thousand Guineas barrier before the success of Amphitrite (2018) from the outside alley (15).
• From 2006 – 2023 seven favourites in Thousand Guineas betting have saluted for the punters.
• In that time five Thousand Guineas winners started at double-figures with Yosei ($11 in 2010), Commanding Jewel ($10 in 2012), Aloisia ($14 in 2017), Amphitrite ($13 in 2018), and Yearning ($26 in 2021).

2023 Thousand Guineas Form Guide

A link to our comprehensive Thousand Guineas 2023 Form Guide will be provided for punters below the week of the race.

Thousand Guineas Field

The Thousand Guineas field race attracts a line-up of the season’s best middle-distance fillies with either a winning record up to 1400m showing the potential to run out a strong mile, or those already proven over the 1600m distance.

The Thousand Guineas final acceptances are released on the Wednesday of race week with early nominations closing at the start of October.

2023 Thousand Guineas Field

The official Thousand Guineas 2023 field and barriers will be published in full below once final acceptances are taken by Racing Victoria on the Wednesday of race week.

2023 Thousand Guineas Nominations

The early Thousand Guineas 2023 Nominations are taken on Tuesday the 10th of October, 2023 and are set to attract over 200 fillies. The field is then determined after First Acceptances taken later in the month. 

The 2023 Thousand Guineas nominations attracted 115 fillies led in all-in betting by the Godolphin-raced Commemorative won won her debut as a 2YO back in June, the Gai Waterhouse & Adrian Bott-trained Group 1 performed Azula, the stable’s Group 1 Flight Stakes winner Tropical Squall, and Michael Moroney’s Group 3 Scarborough Stakes winner at The Valley Coeur Volante.

Table Credit: Racing Australia.

2023 Thousand Guineas First Acceptances

The 2023 Thousand Guineas First Acceptances close on Tuesday October 31, 2023 and will be published in full below as soon as announced.

The 2023 Thousand Guineas first acceptances are now out with forty-nine fillies still in the mix including all-in favourites Skybird, who is undefeated taking her record to three-from-three with a Group 2 Moonee Valley Fillies Classic victory last start, and the also in-form Michael Moroney-trained Group 2 Prelude winner Coeur Volante.

Table Credit: Racing Australia.

Thousand Guineas Results

The Thousand Guineas race results and finishing order are announced on the Saturday after the Melbourne Cup Carnival in November.

As well as the Thousand Guineas winner, successful trifecta and first four you can also see the starting price and margin of all the runners as well as any scratched horses.

Notable recent Thousand Guineas winners include upset 2017 Thousand Guineas winner Aloisia (2017), Global Glamour (2016), Guelph (2013), Atlantic Jewel (2011), and Miss Finland (2006).

Arborea holds the current Thousand Guineas race record winning over 1600m in 1993 in a time of 1 minute 35:60 seconds.

Past Thousand Guineas Winners

Recent Thousand Guineas winners and place-getters dating back to the year 2000 are detailed in the below table.